28th Match - India v West Indies (6th March 2015)

[Jono]

Holder needs to be sacked as captain with immediate effect.

no

 

[Zinzan]

So the Windies NRR falls slightly below Pakistan's, although if the Windies can hammer the UAE & South Africa crush Pakistan, that could change around quickly even if Pakistan do get up over Ireland.

Interesting battle for 3rd & 4th in Pool B.

 

[Contra]

India have also won 8/10 ICC T20's since 2011.

 

[Jono]

This is still a **** group imo.Would've liked one of Aus or NZ in our group.Would've been a great tester.

They bowled well at South Africa who has the best batsman in the world and best opener in the world

 

[Zinzan]

This is still a **** group imo.Would've liked one of Aus or NZ in our group.Would've been a great tester.

SA are a handy cricket outfit aren't they?

 

[Pratters]

no

No tactical sense. Good enough reason not to be captain.

 

[Kirkut]

Dhoni's batting was so good. The captain we wanted is back!

 

[Jono]

No tactical sense. Good enough reason not to be captain.

Sacking Holder achieves nothing

 

[Contra]

Surely some of the more experienced players could have gone up to Holder and spoken to him? Unfair to criticize Holder alone.

 

[SkyBlue]

They bowled well at South Africa who has the best batsman in the world and best opener in the world

Yeah,though would've liked to see us face another good team early in the tournament.Too bad Pak and Windies have sent their worst ever squad to the WC.

 

[Contra]

Malav: "That's because Holder has Smith and Samuels in his fantasy team! :P" - As good an explanation as any tbh lolol.

 

[Pratters]

Sacking Holder achieves nothing

Okay sack him after his tactical nous costs another key game. I can understand mid world cup sacking being extreme but are they here to try and compete or just make up the numbers? I guess leaving out players like Bravo, having an inexperienced captain and every thing else going on in Windies cricket right now, I have nothing to say except I feel for Windies cricket give the amount of talent there is there. You don't see bowlers like Taylor every day.

 

[BigBrother]

Wow, the dude just gave up. Terrible stuff. I don't care how young of a captain he is but that's a quite a pathetic sight.

 

[Pratters]

Wow, the dude just gave up. Terrible stuff. I don't care how young of a captain he is but that's a quite a pathetic sight.

I don't expect such tactics from even my 10 year old nephew tbh.

 

[silentstriker]

I don't expect such tactics from even my 10 year old nephew tbh.

All right, lets not get carried away now. It was bad captaincy, but sometimes under pressure, these things happen, especially with an inexperienced captain.

 

[Pratters]

All right, lets not get carried away now. It was bad captaincy, but sometimes under pressure, these things happen, especially with an inexperienced captain.

I would be really surprised if he didn't bowl out Taylor and Roach.

 

[andmark]

A young, inexperienced palyer captaining the calamity of WI cricket; is it really unexpected that these things will happen?

 

[indiaholic]

All right, lets not get carried away now. It was bad captaincy, but sometimes under pressure, these things happen, especially with an inexperienced captain.

Under pressure you decide to not use your best bowlers? How does that make any sense? I can understand him getting his field placings wrong but this..

 

[ankitj]

Easy game to lose... Perth.. Windies Quicks.. Complacent India.. Only one result possible IMO

Worth quoting now.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

It's not just that Samuels is a very average bowler at best (and a very **** one at worst), it's also that he hasn't looked like he gave a **** about anything related to cricket in half a decade. Why would you bowl someone who so obviously doesn't give the slightest **** about whether you win or lose? Makes no sense.